Men's TT team achieves best ranking
New Delhi: The Indian men's table tennis team on Monday achieved its best ever ranking by moving up to the ninth spot in the ITTF rankings. The Indian team comprising World No 30 G Sathiyan and World No 36 Sharath Kamal, is tied with 10th-placed Austria on 272 points but is ranked ninth. They are the only two Indians in the top-100. India number three Harmeet Desai is ranked 104. China are the expected number one in the team rankings, followed by Japan and Germany.
India end with 2 Silvers in U-23 c’ship
Budapest: Ravi Rathi (97kg) suffered a 0-8 loss against Belarus' Dzmitry Kaminski in the Bronze medal play-off in Greco-Roman category as Indian grapplers ended their campaign with two Silver medals at the UWW Under-23 World Championships. Ravi had emerged victorious in the repechage bout when he edged Uzur Dzhuzupbekov of Kyrgyzstan 3-1 on Sunday but he couldn't bring his best to the fore during the Bronze medal play-off. With this, India's campaign at the tournament came to an end with Ravinder (61kg) and Pooja Gehlot (53kg) returning with Silver medals.
Surya leads Mumbai in mushtaq trophy
Mumbai: Batsman Suryakumar Yadav will lead the 15-member Mumbai squad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 tournament, beginning from November 8. The squad was announced by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Monday. It does not feature young prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal as he is likely to participate in an age-group tournament. One of the major omissions from the squad was pacer Tushar Deshpande. Other regulars, including batsmen Jay Bista, Aditya Tare, Sarfaraz Khan and Siddhesh Lad, have made it to the squad. Pacers Dhaval Kulkarni, spinners Shams Mulani, Dhurmil Matkar have also found a place in the team.
camp for U-17 Eves in Kalyani
Kalyani: The Indian team will undergo a 10-day camp here later this month as part of preparations for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to be hosted by the country. The India U-17 women's team has already been in the camp for the last four months and after a brief break, the players will once again assemble here on November 9. The probables in the camp will be divided into four different teams to play each other in the round-robin format on November 11, 13, and 15. Coach Alex Ambrose, who recently led India to the SAFF U-15 Women's Championship 2019 title last month, believes that these matches will help the coaching staff gauge the talent pool that they have at their disposal.
Shooters out to get max Olympic quota
Lusail: Indian shooters will look to grab as many quota places as possible when the 14th Asian Shooting Championship begins today at the Lusail Shooting Complex. An Indian team of 63 men and 45 women will take part in the senior, junior and youth categories across rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines in the 10-day continental championship which offers 38 Tokyo Olympic quota places across 12 of the 15 Olympic shooting events. The three mixed team events do not carry quota places while the men's 25m rapid fire pistol competition will give out a maximum of four quotas in an event. India has already secured nine Tokyo quotas in rifle and pistol.